honey-pot ant

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Honeypot ants at a zoo

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Etymology

honeypot +‎ ant From its large abdomen resembling a pot of honey, which contains a sweet substance used for colony survival.

Noun

honey-pot ant (plural honey-pot ants)

  1. A type of ant from Australia, known for a class of individuals within the colony which have huge inflated amber-coloured abdomen.
  2. The class of repletes, individuals of the colony which resemble honeypots.
  3. An individual ant of the type
  4. An individual ant of the replete class

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